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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Larkin tell Grey to do?
(a) There are no more slots for "two up."
(b) File all the charges he wants.
(c) Release the men to him for discipline.
(d) Forget the commendation.

2. What are Max, Tex and Marlowe doing at the opening of Chapter 9?
(a) Breeding pigeons.
(b) Trying to corner a rat.
(c) Gathering bamboo shoots.
(d) Tying up Lt. Grey.

3. Who is Peter Marlowe?
(a) A Marine colonel.
(b) An Air Force general.
(c) The man speaking with the native.
(d) A journalist.

4. How does Lt. Grey think of his wife?
(a) As the love of his life.
(b) As oversexed.
(c) As frigid.
(d) As a rock in the storm.

5. Why does the King panic at Marlowe's request?
(a) King does not believe in God.
(b) King is afraid of catching something in the infirmary.
(c) The lighter he has is not on his inventory.
(d) King has had a fight with the enlisted man in question.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who may sit on the lone throne?

2. Who leads a raid?

3. What is essential to the rat project?

4. What is Grey to check in the ditch by Hut 16?

5. Where does Col. Kennedy go after talking with the King?

Short Essay Questions

1. What secret does the King leak to the Australians and how does Marlowe react to the news?

2. Why does Marlowe run for his water bottle?

3. Describe Max.

4. Who does Col. Brant reprimand and for what reason?

5. What message does Grey get and how does he respond?

6. What are Lt. Grey's thoughts after being assigned new duties?

7. Describe Steven.

8. Why are Marlowe's bungalow mates upset that Marlowe refuses the King's offer of a percentage of the tobacco profits?

9. Describe The King.

10. What does Vexley teach and how does it help the rat business?

(see the answer keys)

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